Red Sox likely center field starter and unlikely comeback candidate Grady Sizemore played in the first of three straight exhibition games Tuesday before getting a day off Saturday. That could be the pattern for Sizemore, whose injury history might indeed require a couple days off per week.

So when John Farrell announced that there was still "a lot of internal discussion on who our starting center field is going to be," the Boston Globe speculated that merely meant they will need a viable option when Sizemore sits.

That option will probably not be Jackie Bradley, who has suffered through a brutal spring. The Red Sox would prefer Bradley gain daily playing experience at Triple-A Pawtucket.